Green tea mochi ♥ Black sesame mooncake

the colour is of green tea powder, all natural :)



..initial ingredients for the black sesame moon cake



makes a nice combination in taste..colour contrast as well
traditional mooncake coming up next fri :)

botanic gardens

was at botanic gardens for a musical concert just last evening with a couple of my students
should have brought my digital camera..these pics were taken via my mobile



didn't quite expect such nice greenery
time was tight, so the pics were just taken randomly




great weather this evening :) the pic effect's pretty good...looks quite like a some nice professional shot..heh
not posting my personal pics here..check my facebook :)

★ Milk Crisp Bread ★

haven't been posting for a while..kind of forgot the font and picture settings
anyway i updated my baking groceries..



started with the simplest step of whisking the butter with icing sugar n milk powder



the butter dough is then wrapped in the bread dough- which was whisked in the bread machine.. the bread dough looks pretty much like mochi.. (click to view enlarged pic)



the bread dough is then topped with dessicated coconut..but still looks like mochi in a way.. :)
the bread only proof in size a little..probably not much yeast was used in the recipe..



the coconut garnish the bread nicely and compliments the taste well :)

sopipi- flash

came across this sopipi page, got cute flash animation
love the ferris wheel :)

☆ Apricot Bread ☆

back to bread baking..havent quite used the bread machine for some time
good thing is i'm not that addicted to butter..cakes n desserts can put on hold :)



pretty basic ingredients, dried apricot and sunflower seeds



the pic above is before proofing..doubles a whole lot after the proofing, the recipe makes eight :)

jineko.net

its an animated version of the Japanese shinto shrine..
activate by clicking and the cat character will toss the coin and say おねがいっ (Please!) on your behalf..cute :) http://www.jineko.net/blogparts/

☆ Cherry turnover ☆

cherries are in season..bought california bing cherries;
there were some puff pastry left in the freezer, combine the two n its cherry turnover.. real convenient :)



add lemon juice n castor sugar to the cherry filling..
shape the pastry and top the turnover with more sugar before baking



warm cherries oozing from the pastry..pretty much like jam..yum!